The New Skill in the Math-Proof Era: Spending Verification Effort Where Errors Cost
dbreunig · x · 2026-10-07
Reacting to today's OpenAI math proofs, dbreunig argues the new meta-skill is knowing how much of your effort to spend auditing AI output:
- Trust what's cheap to get wrong — let AI run where errors cost little.
- Verify what isn't — spend 10x effort checking high-stakes output.
- Understand what sharpens your judgment — invest 100x in learning that compounds your ability to tell good from bad.
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